October 27, 2008
I realize I am a bit late posting after all the work my children did in creating this site. I wanted to share several things that have been on my mind since you made the Anderson blog available as a birthday gift.
I remember waking up early on the Saturday morning of my weekend birthday celebration. I was lying in bed and we had talked of attending the temple as a family. I remember thinking what a blessing it is that each adult member of the family is worthy to attend the temple. I am aware of many good families that cannot count that as one of the blessings they are grateful for. I am grateful for each member of my family and the good lives they are attempting to live. The next time we are together as a family we need to plan a visit to the temple.
I also wanted to share an answer to a prayer I received. Last summer I had a number of sores that would scab over and then peel and then scab over again. Most of these were on the top of my head which I wasn’t overly worried about. However there was one sore in particular near the tear duct of my right eye that I had been dealing with for several years. I actually went to the a dermatologist when I was still working for the State and this particular doctor said he thought it looked like a basil cell and he wanted to take a biopsy. I really didn’t want to have a biopsy taken so I put it off. This doctor’s office called several times to set up an appointment to get me to come in, but I just didn’t have a good feeling about the doctor so I never went in. In the meantime we went without health insurance for several months and the sore continued to scab over every week or two. Last summer during the months of July and August it seemed to be getting worse and was starting to irritate my eye duct. After observing what Linda went through with her skin cancer, I thought maybe I should go see a doctor. Well I decided to pray to Heavenly Father and just ask him if he would heal it. I really didn’t want to take the time off from work to have a biopsy and possibly surgery to have it taken care of. I mentioned in my prayer that if it wasn’t in Heavenly Fathers plan to just heal it I would go and see a doctor. After several months with the scabs and irritation continuing and with several on the top of my head getting worse I decided to make an appointment with a doctor. I made an appointment with a different doctor for a Friday when I was in town. I went in and the physician’s assistant examined me and basically said he thought all the scabs were pre-cancer including the one by my right eye. He then zapped them all with liquid nitrogen and I looked a little rough for about a week but it seemed to fix the problem. I never did see the doctor and the whole procedure took about 10 minutes and cost me $25. (This consulting job provides the best insurance plan we have ever had). So I feel really blessed, the Lord always answers our prayers, but not always exactly in the way we may have in mind.
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